Angelina Emily Grimké: “Judge for yourselves whether he sanctioned such a system of oppression…”

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Judge for yourselves whether he sanctioned such a system of oppression and crime.

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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké challenges her audience to consider whether Jesus would support a system of oppression like slavery.

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My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do.

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Angelina Emily Grimké: “Judge for yourselves whether he sanctioned such a system of oppression and crime.”